Undertaking Mineral And Infrastructure Development In Africa

Africa has shown robust growth over the past decade. The riches of Africa are significant, but in order to unlock those riches it is important to understand the continent and, more importantly, the country in which those riches are to be found. Africa is a diverse continent in terms of languages, culture and systems of law. Although there are some similarities among jurisdictions and a measure of harmonisation in each of West, East and Southern Africa, it remains critical to understand the investment environment of each target country.

Africa remains a volatile playing field with numerous recent elections having taken place or scheduled to take place in the next 12 months. Invariably, this has brought with it a review of the State's role in the development of mining and infrastructure projects, ranging from passive regulator, to being an active player and all the way through to calls for nationalisation. Resource nationalism remains a key theme, bringing with it a